Apple Blossom Flower Shop celebrated 25 years in business in Scotch Plains on Saturday.Apple Blossom Flower Shop celebrated 25 years in business in Scotch Plains on Saturday. Credits: John Mooney

Lisa Mohn is president of the Scotch Plains Business and Professionals Association, which gives out scholarships to high school students each year.Lisa Mohn is president of the Scotch Plains Business and Professionals Association, which gives out ...Credits: John Mooney

By JOHN MOONEY

May 15, 2019 at 10:00 AM

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Lisa Mohn of Apple Blossom Flower Shop celebrated a quarter century of business at 381 Park Ave. in downtown Scotch Plains on Saturday, May 11, 2019.

Lisa, who is president of the Scotch Plains Business & Professionals Association and oversees the Scotch Plains Farmers Market with Jeff Stein, is one of the community's most active citizens in helping others.

Among the well-wishers were longtime customers, Mayor Al Smith, and the other members of the Scotch Plains Township Council.

MORRISTOWN, NJ —Young patients, their families and invited guests were treated to a visit with some amazing animal ambassadors from the Turtle Back Zoo at a gathering at Atlantic Health System’s Goryeb Children’s Hospital on May 17, 2019.

This special event was held to announce a partnership between the CALLING ALL KIDS STORYTIME NETWORK, sponsored by the Women’s Association of Morristown ...

MORRISTOWN, NJ —Young patients, their families and invited guests were treated to a visit with some ...

WESTFIELD, NJ -- The Girl Scouts of Junior Troop 40248 at Holy Trinity School in Westfield earned their Bronze award, the highest award a Junior Girl Scout can achieve.

Earning this award requires identifying an issue in the community and completing a project to address it. The Girl Scouts of Troop 40248 chose to focus their efforts on the humble honeybee. They researched the importance of ...

Digitizing the records in this area saves time and money, makes records easier to find, and helps improve safety. Winners were selected by representatives from the Rothman Institute, NJBIZ and InsiderNJ.

FANWOOD, NJ – Local primary elections are often below the radar screen of voters, and turnout is frequently low. In fact, Bipartisanpolicy.org, conducted a study that found in 2018, only 9.9 percent of eligible voters cast a vote for a Democratic candidate, 8.8 percent for a Republican candidate, and 80 percent cast no vote at ...

CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ -- Boy Scouts of America, Patriots’ Path Council will honor several local citizens at the Scotch Plains Fanwood Good Scout Awards Dinne on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at the Shackamaxon Country Club in Scotch Plains at 6:30 p.m.

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Friends, family, and scores of police officers paid their respects to Robert "Bob" Luce, a former Scotch Plains police chief, who died on Saturday, May 18, at age 85.

Bob Luce was born in Boston and settled to Scotch Plains in 1939. He was a 1952 graduate of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School and then enlisted in U.S. Marines during the Korean War. He was assigned to the ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The Union County Freeholders joined with Scotch Plains Mayor Al Smith, golfers, KemperSports and other elected officials on Thursday to cut the ribbon on the new state-of-the-art Ash Brook Golf Course Clubhouse, which will open to the public in a few weeks.

The new, 21,000 sq. ft. clubhouse, which cost an estimated $9 million to build, has plenty to offer golfers and ...

CLARK, NJ – Joseph Carreiro, 65, of Clark has been arrested for allegedly attempting to promote obscene materials and debauch the morals of a 14-year-old girl for the purpose of a sexual encounter according to a release from the South Plainfield Police.

According to officials, a SP detective posed as a 14-year-old girl when answering an ad online posted by Carreiro soliciting ...

TOMS RIVER, N.J. -- The Union Catholic girls continued to add to its legacy as one of the greatest dynasties in state history with an epic performance at the NJSIAA South Jersey Non-Public A Championships that concluded on Tuesday at Donovan Catholic High School.

The Vikings piled up nine victories and racked up a staggering meet record 240 points to win its fifth straight girls title, ...

TOMS RIVER, N.J. -- The Union Catholic girls continued to add to its legacy as one of the greatest ...